From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16562: dired-do-shell-command's docstring should mention where the suggestions come from Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 13:11:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <8761p6wjs2.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1390770741 10362 80.91.229.3 (26 Jan 2014 21:12:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:12:21 +0000 (UTC) To: jidanni@jidanni.org, 16562@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 26 22:12:25 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W7X0B-0004lH-1T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:12:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56321 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7X0A-0005aC-Af for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:12:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37687) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7Wzz-0005Zx-9j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:12:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7Wzq-00045d-FM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:12:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51180) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W7Wzq-00045Z-Bj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W7Wzp-00041G-Ur for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:12:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16562 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16562-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16562.139077070215415 (code B ref 16562); Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16562) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jan 2014 21:11:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36966 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W7WzW-00040Z-6Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:11:42 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:16763) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W7WzU-00040N-8M for 16562@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:11:41 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s0QLBcoj011695 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:11:39 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0QLBbLA016790 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:11:38 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0007.oracle.com (abhmp0007.oracle.com [141.146.116.13]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0QLBbQv011167; Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:11:37 GMT In-Reply-To: <8761p6wjs2.fsf@jidanni.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:84066 Archived-At: > dired-do-shell-command's docstring should mention > dired-guess-shell-alist-default and > dired-guess-shell-alist-user. At the risk of giving this worthwhile suggestion the kiss of death: +1. These variables should probably be mentioned also in at least one of the Emacs manuals. The latter variable provides a way for users to control/customize file-program associations, which is pretty important. As it stands now, users will know about this possibility only from Emacs Wiki, diverse Web forums, or by stumbling across it in the source code. As a result, I doubt that many Emacs users are aware of these variables. My guess is that the lack of doc for this is a side effect of the fact that it is a Dired-X feature. And so far, Dired-X is still treated as a poor step-child (as is also Dired Aux).